In the Houde Palace, Pang Tong was pulled by the Son of Heaven and sat in front of him, the Son of Heaven's face was also full of smiles, very kind, recalling the old years, the Son of Heaven talked to him about the things in the East Palace, "Do you still remember, every time Hua Gong comes, he will chat with you, he always thinks that you can do great things." ", the Son of Heaven said with a smile.

Pang Tong nodded and said, "Hua Gong always said that when he first saw someone uglier than himself, he felt very kind... Hua Gong is a person... It's still quite straightforward, but unfortunately, he has always wanted to be Situ, and in the end he couldn't get his wish. Pang Tong sighed, and the Son of Heaven said: "Those who do great things must have extraordinary appearances!" What's more, Pang Jun has a hidden talent and a prestige, how can ordinary people see through it? ”

The two exchanged pleasantries like this, and after chatting for a long time, Liu Xi said: "Pang Gong, this position of serving the order is to accompany him in the Houde Palace, to deal with the documents of various places impartially, and to review the edicts, he is in a high position..."

Pang Tong understood the thoughts of the Son of Heaven, nodded and said, "The minister will not live up to His Majesty's high expectations." Liu Xi nodded at this time, and said: "I heard that you have been very close to Zhou Gongjin and Zhongchang Gongxi these days...", Pang Tong frowned, and said: "The ministers and them have many ideas that coincide, so they are close..."

"Well, this is very good, as a waiter, you just need not to be blinded, and it doesn't matter if you have a few more friends...", the Son of Heaven seems to be beating, it doesn't seem to be not, Pang Tongyi couldn't figure out what the Son of Heaven meant, and he just hurriedly agreed, and the Son of Heaven chatted with him for a while, before letting him leave, and gave him three days of rest, three days later, the official start of the court discussion, and he will become a real waiter.

Pang Tong left the Houde Palace, when he returned to the post station, Zhong Changtong was waiting, and he didn't talk nonsense, he left here with Pang Tong, took him to his own mansion, entered the mansion, and saw Xu Shu again, the three of them sat in the shade of a tree in the courtyard, Zhong Changtong was very happy, for such a long time, he and his colleagues were all communicating through letters, and now the friends came to Luo County, and they could talk together all day.

"Shiyuan, you're finally here... You don't know how painful it is to be able to communicate with you once every few months, and there is no one here to talk to me, Yuan Zhi and I talk to ourselves every day, those stupid people in the county can't understand us, they can't see it, Shi Yuan, when you came, you must have seen it? ”

Zhong Changtong looked solemn and asked seriously.

Pang Tong nodded and said, "Countless Yu Ding... I did see that there were rangers everywhere, who had nothing to do and were debauched all day long.. In today's Han Dynasty, they have no arable land, unless they can pass the assessment, or go to the northern and southern armies, there is no way to survive at all, and if they want to follow the large-scale reclamation like Emperor Xiaokang, there is no land to reclaim, this situation is in the Central Plains, the most serious..."

"That's right, that's why we should change today's farming household registration to industrial and commercial household registration... Arable land can no longer accommodate such a large number of people... We have to find a way to solve these problems... My proposal is that we can no longer blindly suppress the development of industry and commerce, and it may be the best choice to go hand in hand with agriculture...", Zhong Changtong said seriously, and Xu Shu on the side also nodded, this is the result of the discussion between the two of them.

Pang Tong frowned, thought for a long time, but shook his head and said: "It can't be parallel, you can divide the Han into agricultural areas and industrial and commercial areas..."

"No, business, industry and agriculture are all important to a region, how can you divide the region?"

The three of them debated fiercely, but there was no anger in their eyes, but they were all happy, and sometimes, they couldn't find an opponent in the debate, and when they talked about their ideas with others, they were reprimanded as crazy, which was the most painful, and someone could argue and discuss the feasibility, which was also a rare opportunity, which was enough for them to enjoy.

After that, the three of them discussed together all day, and it was not until the beginning of the court meeting that they reluctantly ended the meeting.

When everyone gathered at the gate of the palace, Pang Tong really became the target of everyone to come to visit, everyone surrounded him, congratulated, Pang Tong also smiled back, when everyone was visiting, suddenly another person came over unhurriedly, everyone was shocked, hurriedly walked over, and met with the person, also congratulated, Pang Tong looked at the person a little blankly, but he couldn't remember who this person was.

The man was very old, a thin old man, with white hair and white beard, but he was in good spirits, his eyes were bright, everyone smiled and greeted him, this old man was also displeased, and turned a blind eye to everyone, everyone was a little embarrassed, and they didn't dare to say anything, Pang Tong looked at the man and asked, "Axiom, who is this old man?" ”

"He? Isn't it the prince of official learning? Don't you recognize him? O prince Wang Lang..."

"Oh! It's him! Only then did Pang Tong recognize him, and asked curiously: "Is his reputation so high among the hundred officials?" Zhong Changtong said disdainfully: "It's the prince who wants to marry his granddaughter, I heard that it's set for this year, and these people are going to congratulate him...", Pang Tong suddenly realized, and said with a smile: "Then let's go and congratulate too?" ”

"Or don't, this old man wants to beat me every time he sees me, I still don't want to beg for a beating, I want to go to you yourself!" , Zhong Changtong said with some fear, Pang Tong shook his head helplessly, and walked over alone, everyone also got out of the way, Pang Tong bowed to the old man, and said: "Meet the prince, don't the prince be harmed?" ”

"Oh? Are you Pang Tong? The old man was stunned for a moment and asked suspiciously.

Pang Tong didn't pay attention to his rudeness, nodded, and then said, "It's Pang Tong down there." ”

"I know you! Aren't you the traitor who spends all day clamoring for the revival of commerce and commerce? You're not dead yet, are you? Just like you, in the Jianning period, you would have been torn apart by Emperor Xiaokang, that is, when today's son is not as good as Emperor Xiaokang, you thieves have survived until now! You say, what are you thinking about day by day? ”

"Nongnai is the root of the Han Dynasty, if something happens, can those businessmen be reliable? ? Do you eat the money of the merchants twice a day? You canine eater who grew up, innovating all day long, what the hell are you thinking?! ”

"You fools, the heart of a man will not die!!"

The more Wang Lang spoke, the more excited he became, and he was about to hit the crutches in his hand, Pang Tong stopped speaking, and left in a hurry, until he left, the old man was still waving the crutches in his hand angrily, scolding, and seeing Pang Tong running back, Zhong Changtong grinned and asked, "How is it, he thanked Shi Yuan for his congratulations?" ”

"I didn't have time to congratulate me, I was scolded by him, if I didn't run fast, I'm afraid I would be beaten again!" , Pang Tong said, shook his head, and said angrily: "This guy is an old stubborn, stupid and stubborn!" No, I'll have to find a chance to have a good argument with him..."

"I advise you to dismiss this... Previously, the Son of Heaven sent someone to propose marriage, this guy had to say that he wanted to follow the ancestral system, and after two years he got married, the Son of Heaven did not allow it, and the old man did not want to marry his granddaughter, so he couldn't say that he couldn't move, and the Son of Heaven personally went to his mansion and asked him not to resist the decree, and the old man took the sword and put it on his neck, saying that he could not resist the decree, nor could he violate the ancestral system, and it was best to understand himself, so as not to fall into a dilemma..."

"This scares the Son of Heaven enough... After persuading for a long time, I finally persuaded this old man to get married six months later..."

These words, Pang Tong was dumbfounded, stunned for a long time, and then said: "I just wanted to discuss a few official and academic matters with him, but I didn't expect that it was such a pedantic person, why did the Son of Heaven let him continue to stay in the position of official and scholarly servants, this position is so important, why not let a virtuous minister go? ? ”

Hearing Pang Tong's words, Zhong Changtong's face suddenly became serious, he shook his head, and said: "Shi Yuan, don't say that, although this old man is a little pedantic, but he is really attentive to official learning, he can donate all his family property to official learning... I really donated all my family property and went directly to live in my eldest son's house, and I didn't even have a house of my own..."

"He set up an institution in the official school system, called the good learning reward, put his life savings in it, for the students in the Taixue, Menzi Studies, and even the local government schools, as long as they are excellent academically, they can receive this reward, many times, they receive the books he treasured in his life, in addition, for the students from poor families, he also set up a scholarship award, give subsidies..."

"No matter what kind of student, whether the academic is excellent or not, he gives rewards, and later found that there are students who pretend to receive his excellent academic awards, eating, drinking and having fun, and the students are sentenced to prison, and some people persuade him to let him make the collection of excellent academic awards stricter, don't want such a thing to happen again, he said, not afraid of ten thousand thieves to take it, I am afraid that it will be difficult for a son to learn..."

"Therefore the people hated him, but they respected him."

Listening to Zhong Changtong's words, Pang Tong's face gradually changed a little, and when he looked at the old man wielding a cane in the crowd again, he saw the sewn and mended clothes on the old man's body, Pang Tong smiled, for some reason, his heart was a little sour, "Ha, this old man is really pedantic!" ”

At the beginning of the court discussion, Zhuge Liang, Liu Yi, and Pang Tong led everyone into the hall together, and sat down respectively, Pang Tong sat in this position for the first time, and there was not much excitement in his heart, but his shoulders became a little heavy, everyone waited for a while, and the Son of Heaven walked in, and the hundred officials got up to greet him, and the Son of Heaven returned the salute, and everyone sat down.

"Can everyone play?"

"Minister!!"

"Oh? The prince doesn't know what to do? ”

"Your Majesty! Please cook Pang Shiyuan, Zhong Changtong! These two thieves don't die! I'm so upset! ”